NSW: Ex-judge Marcus Einfeld makes history by being jailed
21 Mar 2009 2:32 AM
MARCUS RICHARD EINFELD has made Australian legal history as the first superior court judge to be jailed.
In a spectacular fall from grace .. the 70-year-old retired Federal Court judge will spend at least the next two years in prison .. segregated from other inmates for his own safety.
He's in prison after he lied to avoid incurring demerit points on his driver's licence after being issued with a 75 dollar speeding ticket in 2006.
Justice BRUCE JAMES says EINFELD engaged in deliberate .. premeditated perjury and calculating criminality.
Justice JAMES says while no individual suffered injury .. emotional harm .. loss or damage .. there was substantial damage to the system of justice.
EINFELD'S earliest possible release date is March 19 in 2011.
